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how often do you shoot ?

Johnny45Johnny45 Member Posts: 159 ✭✭✭
edited July 2005 in General Discussion
i just realized i never get to go shooting anymore. I live in los angeles and it always takes me a minimum of 35 minutes to go shoot at an indoor range. if i want to go shoot trap/skeet it takes 1 hour and 20 minutes....if i want to go shoot my 30-06 it takes me about 2 hours. so basically that means I shoot about once every 6 months.
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    nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not often enough. Living in SoKal is a lot different from small town red state life. I used to go a couple times a month before a year ago when I moved out here, now I've only been to an indoor range twice.

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    drygulchdandrygulchdan Member Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was just thinking about that tody.I have not been to the range yet this year.It just seems there is no time to do anything after working,home maintenance etc,etc. Very sad[V][V][V]

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    frankcastle13frankcastle13 Member Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    once every two weeks or so. Depending if I have money for ammo.
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    n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    At least two days a week.....[;)]

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    shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Usually Sunday is claybirds, Tuesday is claybirds and Wednesday is pitol/rifle.
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    MossbergboogieMossbergboogie Member Posts: 12,211
    edited November -1
    That sucks i drive 5 minutes and i am in a place to shoot. Us rednecks dont usually go to the range the back yard will do.

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    DIRTYRATDIRTYRAT Member Posts: 2,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The blackbirds, chipmunks and snapping turtles here keep me in shape!

    Ruric, NE OHIO,
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    CJ7nvrstkCJ7nvrstk Member Posts: 678 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Several times a month. Wish I had time for more. [:(]

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    rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    I go for a walk around the property (weather permitting)
    every nite and get a few round off at a couple of spinning
    targets I set up.
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    BOBBYWINSBOBBYWINS Member Posts: 7,810
    edited November -1
    Whenever the urge strikes me.[:D]

    Usually at least once a week,depending on the weather.

    .22's mostly in the front yard,under the pecan trees in the shade.[^]

    Centerfire is done in the pasture,but this time of year,it doesn't happen much because of the heat.[:(]

    Haven't built the shelter yet.

    BW

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    hawkeye6020hawkeye6020 Member Posts: 2,517 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    not very offen. havent been out in about two months.[:(][:(]

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    gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    Lemme see now, Mondays is fer plinkin'
    Tuesdays I have to work till 5:00, then plinkin'
    Wednesdays I work till I'm tired, then go shootin'
    Thursdays I have to work till at least 4:30 then do some reloading,
    Friday, Saturday & Sundays are usually Match days, so I might get time for some plinkin' after that!

    Wish I could just find time to shoot each gun in one day!

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    MosinNagantDiscipleMosinNagantDisciple Member Posts: 2,612
    edited November -1
    Haven't been shooting in a couple months. Can't find a place to shoot since my usual range closed for repairs. I am quite depressed at the moment, as you can imagine [;)]

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    chappsynychappsyny Member Posts: 3,381 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very rarely do I have the time to go. I have probably only been shooting 5 times in the past year.

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    hawaiipighunterhawaiipighunter Member Posts: 438 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i am in the sam boat as you njohnny 45. i too live in so cal in san diego....sux huh?

    im off to the range, how much do you pay to shoot?

    kyle
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    MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member, Moderator Posts: 9,972 ******
    edited November -1
    almost every day[:D], gunsmith with a 100 yd. ragne <50' from the bench[;)]
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    jimbowbyjimbowby Member Posts: 3,496
    edited November -1
    [8D]--This summer-I shoot Wed/Fri pistols and Sunday rifles-I have three ranges and one indoor Gallery, But I shoot only reloads--the ranges are clubs I belong to ( $5) and the gallery is ($10)--[:)][:)][:)][:D]

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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Practice can vary from 1 to 7 days a week, competitions I try to make a minimum of 5 times a month, I usually take first second or third at least
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    William81William81 Member Posts: 24,596 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I joined a conservation club loacated between my office and home. Most nights I stop off there and fish and at least once a week I use the range. The place also has a trap range, two lakes, a sled run and an archery range. All for 30.00 dues for the year.

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    Bill CostikBill Costik Member Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have to laugh at all you guys sometimes. I don't have to drive anywhere, all part of the beauty of living in northern PA. I can step outside my back door and plink with the .22, or, if I am shooting bigger bore stuff, I will walk a little ways into the woods behind our house.
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    WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,839 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I lived in California I was shooting six days a week for probably the better part of the last year I was stationed there. I was shooting trap and skeet mostly but would break out the handguns and rifles on occassion. I was lucky enough to be between 4 ranges within 40 minutes and I was ten minutes away from two of those ranges, and the two close ranges I had full access to complete with keys. I was working nights so I would get up go shoot 100 rounds of trap then head into work most days. Thursdays it would be 100 rounds of skeet, now I live in Florida and life is quite a bit different I used to go shooting every weekend once I got here now it's down to once or twice a month if I'm lucky.

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    mrbrucemrbruce Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    I usually average at least once a day, and often more than that weather permitting.
    It's pretty convienient to have a 355 yd range just outside the shop door.

    Gun control is hitting what your aiming at.
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    hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Depends how often I go to the dump. My favorite range is right next to the dump and I usually stop by at least once a week to bust a box of .45 ACP after I dump the trash.
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    cruzie27cruzie27 Member Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i try ang go once a week,..any kind of shooting activity will do,..if i dont i start twitching real bad.,..

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    gonzo1510gonzo1510 Member Posts: 751 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Johnny45
    i just realized i never get to go shooting anymore. I live in los angeles and it always takes me a minimum of 35 minutes to go shoot at an indoor range. if i want to go shoot trap/skeet it takes 1 hour and 20 minutes....if i want to go shoot my 30-06 it takes me about 2 hours. so basically that means I shoot about once every 6 months.




    I try to go shooting as often as I can given that my employer provides us with a private range and free ammo. What section of the city do live in. Maybe there is a range closer to you. I also live in the L.A. area.

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    spudshotspudshot Member Posts: 136 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    maybe once every month or two, i've gone less since i found out i cant shoot my shotgun there, no more trap [V] there is supposedly another range about an hour away, but i havent found anything about it. i'm thinking of joining a sportsman's club, some around here have their own small ranges, anyone else in NE PA know of good ranges?

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    muleridermulerider Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is an outdoor range about 20 minutes from here, I try to get to about every three weeks.....live in the woods, surrounded by national forest, run cattle.....lots of opportunities that way too.....

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    CHGOTHNDERCHGOTHNDER Member Posts: 8,934 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    At least 3 - 5 times a week at the PD's range.

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    HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    How often I shoot?

    Every durn time I pull the trigger....................

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    codenamepaulcodenamepaul Member Posts: 2,931 ✭
    edited November -1
    Once or twice a week. The range used to be up the hill from the duplex I lived in now its about 1.5 miles as the crow flies. I have 25 yard pistol/rifle 50,100, and about 235 yds. There's trap and skeet, but I don't engage there. And about a 50 yard bow range. All outdoors for $25 a familiy membership. I'm usually there alone (or with my kids)Whata bahgain!!!


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    pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not as much as I would like to. [:(]

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    Johnny45Johnny45 Member Posts: 159 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i wish i lived somewhere that i could shoot more easily. just too many people now too urban. maybe its time to move to montana, lol
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    ZERODINZERODIN Member Posts: 6,338
    edited November -1
    I shoot exactly as often as almost everyone else: Not often enough. Not even close.
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    drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,533 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This last week I shot Monday, Tuesday, Friday, & Sunday.

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    NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a small Range for Handguns and rimfire rifles,I try to shoot my handguns at least once a week.But like here lately I havent got to shoot that often.



    Safe Shooting!!

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    stankempstankemp Member Posts: 509 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Handguns...Once a week - 22 and 44/9mm/30luger/45 it depends on what spirit moves me.
    Rifles... once a month - Garand/7.5 Swiss/7.62 X39/and my new baby 505-460 Kemp, ditto the spirit.
    Stan
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    dg101windg101win Member Posts: 751 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not often enough. Usually handguns once a week.
    I have a range,at conservation club within about 10 miles,where I can shoot all three. Handgun,rifle and shotgun.

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    SKYDIVER386SKYDIVER386 Member Posts: 340 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Usually 2 or 3 times a week for me. Rifle 2x a week just to stay sharp offhand and Saturday mornings for trap and skeet. I'm lucky to have several good ranges within a 10 minute drive from where I live. The Adair range here in Yuma is one of the best in the country.

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    anderskandersk Member Posts: 3,627 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I try to get in some plinking every day that I go for some exercise on my bicycle. Living close enough to the range sure helps. I probably get over there five or six times a week. Keeps me is shape and keeps me on target! I frenquently go over early in the morning, just to read my Bible, think and pray! Cannot beat that combination!

    Last Friday three fawns came waltzing out on the 50 yard range at 8:15 and a bit later the doe comes out as well, but she decided maybe that was not the place to play! And all four went sailing off into the woods. I never have gotten over how deer can just glide through the air. The fawns were just getting their wings, but the doe ... could she fly!!![:D]

    Now, I'm on a trip up to Canada for a few weeks ... no plinking for a while![:(]
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